Off-Campus Access Proxy Instructions

Off-campus access to the Law Library's subscription websites is only available to faculty, students, and staff of the Roger Williams University School of Law.  If you are a qualified user, you may obtain off-campus access by configuring your browser to use the Law Library's proxy service. 

After you have set your browser to use the Law Library's proxy service, you will be prompted for your name and library barcode when you access an IP controlled resource.   You only need to set your browser to use the proxy service once.

To setup your browser for access to IP controlled resources from off-campus :

Netscape Navigator / Communicator Version 4.+

NOTE: Netscape 6.0 does not allow for a proxy.pac configuration that will work.  If you use version 6.0, you must upgrade to version 6.2.

  1. Select Edit
  2. Select Preferences
  3. Click on the '+' to the left of the Advanced option
  4. Click on Proxies
  5. Click on the Automatic proxy configuration button
  6. Enter in the Configuration Location (URL): http://lawlib.rwu.edu:8080/proxy.pac
  7. Click Reload and OK

Netscape Navigator / Communicator Version 3.01

  1. Select Options
  2. Select Network Preferences
  3. Select the Proxies tab
  4. Enter in the Configuration Location (URL): http://lawlib.rwu.edu:8080/proxy.pac
  5. Click Reload and OK

MS Internet Explorer Version 5.5

NOTE: There have been reported problems with the earlier versions of Internet Explorer 5, 5.01 and 5.5.  The current version of 5.5 has fixed this problem.

Dial-up Modem Connections:

  1. Select Tools
  2. Select Internet Options
  3. Select the Connections
  4. In the Dial-up settings box find the icon with the name of your dial-up service. Click on the icon once to highlight it.
  5. Select Settings
  6. Check the box next to "Automatically detect settings"
  7. Check the box next to "Use automatic configuration script" 
  8. Enter this Address in the HTTP box  http://lawlib.rwu.edu:8080/proxy.pac
  9. Click on OK
  10. Click on OK on the Internet Options menu

Local Area Network (LAN) Connection (use for DSL or Cable Modem):

  1. Select Tools
  2. Select Internet Options
  3. Select the Connections
  4. Select LAN Settings
  5. Check the box next to "Use automatic configuration script" 
  6. Enter this Address in the HTTP box  http://lawlib.rwu.edu:8080/proxy.pac
  7. Click on OK
  8. Click on OK on the Internet Options menu

MS Internet Explorer Version 4.x

  1. Select View
  2. Select Internet Options
  3. Select the Connection tab
  4. In the Automatic configuration box click on Configure
  5. Enter this (URL): http://lawlib.rwu.edu:8080/proxy.pac
  6. Click on Refresh
  7. Click on OK then OK again on the Internet Options menu

MS Internet Explorer Version 3.02

  1. Select View
  2. Select Options
  3. Select the Advanced tab
  4. At the bottom of the Advanced page, click on the Automatic Configuration button
  5. Enter in the (URL): http://lawlib.rwu.edu:8080/proxy.pac
  6. Click on Refresh then click on OK in the popup box
  7. Click on Apply then OK on the Options menu

Notes for AOL Users

The web browser provided with AOL does not have the capability to be configured to use the Law Library's proxy service.  You must use a separate copy of Netscape Navigator. To install Netscape Navigator for AOL:

  1. Keyword netscape
  2. Click on Click Here!
  3. Click on Download Netscape
  4. Follow the prompts to load and install Netscape Navigator
  5. Follow the steps listed above for setting up Netscape Version 4

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